The influence of climate on the basal metabolic rate of small mammals: A slow-fast metabolic continuum

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-112

  Lovegrove, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Climate; Mammals; Metabolic continuum; Unpredictable environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037532648     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-002-0309-5     Document Type: Article

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